Ingredients:-375g sweet rice (aka glutinous rice)
-3 tbs lye water or 4 tbs baking soda
-water
-bamboo leaves
What to Do:
Wash rice and mix with lye water or baking soda. Add enough water to cover surface of rice by 2 inches. Soak rice overnight. Next morning wash rice may times until and drain. Wrap using bamboo leaves to form a triangular cone shape. Tie with kitchen twine and boil for at least 1 ½ hours. These dumplings are small use 1 tsp of rice per dumpling. Serve as a snack with sugar.
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ReplyDeletethe lye water makes the rice transparent.
Where I can find this Lye water? I love this dumpling.
ReplyDeletethanks
asian grocery stores
ReplyDeleteHi Tam, so you substitute Lye water with Baking soda?
ReplyDeletelye water or baking soda...
ReplyDelete...yes?
you can either use lye water OR baking soda.
Chào Anh/chị
ReplyDeleteChỗ em không có nước tro Tàu nên thay bằng baking soda thì nấu bánh có nhừ và trong suốt như dùng nước tro Tàu được không?
Em cảm ơn Anh/chị ạ!
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